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. STEELE.

CONVERTIBLE CAR. .APPLlcA'xoN FILED JUNE 7. |919.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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conviin'rintn Patented Nov. a, 191e.

Division of renewal appneanon serial No. esassoe, mea Mar'ch 15, 1919, new retenant. 1,308,511, dated July 1, 1919. This application inea June 7, 1919. serial No. 302,599.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLEs BREWSTER STEELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and .State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Convertible Cars, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is a convertible car that can .be instantly converted and reconverted, vice versa, from a closed storm sealed wintercar or a wide open safely lshielded suinmer-car, one of `my cars thus reliably delivering the service heretofore obtained from two cars, enabling railways to eliminate maintenance and expense of 'a 'double equipment of summer and winter rolling stock; a singleA car thereby sustaining u`niversal and efficient scl'i'eduleduring all varieties of climatic changes for every day of the year.

Another object of my invention consists in the easily ac'com'plisli'afble conversion or reconversion to and from az winter7 and sunimer'`I` car while the vehicle is actively engaged in traffic operation without stops or interference with its schedule service.

Another object of n'iy invention consistsin the sash, panels, and safety'gnards 'constituting ingredient constituentsV ofthe regular car strncture; always in operative position, condition, and readiness for instant use.. Another object or invention conslsts in the safe and etiicient manner in which the persons, limbs, and-clothing of occu'- pants of the car: are shieldedfrom accident and Ydanger when the'car 1s widefopen. Another object of my invention consists in trussing the window u 'prights with yone another by longitndinal arm-rests that `forni compound top Aand bottoni sills for the sash, panels, and safety guards, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car, broken away, showing a S1;sh `and panel weather sealing a window-opening, with an adjacent window opening unsealedfand eX- posed; the sash raised out of the windowopening; a panel dropped into its pocket, and the safety guard in position shielding the exposed windcnvoperring. Y

Fig. 2 'is a vertical cross section of Fig. 1,

.cut through the weather sealed closed window-opening.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross section reproduction of Fig. 3 from the drawings or" my copending application for convertible cars, Serial No. 282,880@ renewed March 15, 1919, now PatentNo 1,308,511, dated July 1, 1919, of which this application is a division, showing an exposed window-opening shielded by Va safety guard- Fig. 4', is a cross section of Fig. 3, cut beneath compound sill-armrests looking toward the car iiooringyFigi. 5 is a cross-section of Fig. 2, cut above the compound sill-armrest looking toward the car-lines, all of which is hereinafter more fully described in the speciiication, defined in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals represent like parts in the diii'erent i, ;ures respectively..

The numeral, 1, represents the oar body lower structure, and 2, the roofing structure, 8 designates window-uprights, or posts, and 4,' car flooring. W'ndow openings, 5, extend approximately from thecarlines to the cai' flooring, divided by compound sillarmrests, 6, that brace and truss the uprights, 3, to one another along the longitndinal planeof the car structure, said cornpound sill-armrests, 6, having a top sill, 7, upon which the sash lower section, 8, seats, when the s ash sections, 8, and 9, are in closed position and seal the window-opening, 5, above the compound sill-armests, 6, that performs several functions in addition to their own'. l

The numeral,10, represents the panel that closes the lower portion of the windowopening, when in raised position, and is Weather sealed by the overlapping drip-sill, 11', said panel, 10, dropping down within the pocket, 12, formed between the uprights by the side-wall, 18, andthe side sills 14 and 15, to expose the window opening, which is shielded and protected by the safety guard, 16, as shown in Fig. 3.

The safety guard, 16, may be housed f within the pocket, 12, when the panel, 10, is raised 'to seal the window-opening, 5, but

the safety guard, 16, may be permanently affixed, within the window opening, against the bottom of the compound sill-armrest, 6, as shown in Fig. 3, and the panel, 10, thus movably operate without and within the pocket, l2, to expose and seal the lower portion of the window opening, in cooperation with the operative movement of the sash se;tions, S, and 9, that expose 0r seal the upper portion of the window openings.

It is apparent that any type of sash and their operation, types of panels, guards, andsill-braces may be employed, and thatthe sash may raise or fold into the rooling space, or otherwise expose the openings, or the panels may move into or out of a pocket, or such elements perform any equivalent functions without departing from the broad spirit of my invention.

rlhe simplicity of standardized construction, ease and eiliciency of operation; practical and,instantaneous conversion and reconversion of a storm proof weather sealed winter car, vice versa, to and from a wideopen air circulating ventilated CCsummer car constitutes this vehicle a luxurious convenience of public service, and economic factor in the maintenance and operation of public transportation utilities.

l claim:

1. A car having a floor, walls, and roof, window openings in the walls, pockets be-- neath the window openings, movable sash -iilling the window openings, movable sash in the pockets, and movable guards in the pockets.

2. y A car having a floor, walls, and a roof, window openings in the walls, sash iilling a portion of the window openings movable alternatively to expose or close a portion of the window openings, pockets in the walls, membersv illing a portion of the window openings movable alternatively into pockets or to close a portion of the window openings, guards movable alternatively to-guard a portion of the window openings or rest in the pockets.

3. A car having walls, a plurality of openings in thewalls, a plurality of pockets ybeneath the openings, movable panels and ope-invorl guards in the pockets to alternatively Close the openings, or expose the interior of the car, the open work guards alternatively shielding the openings, or resting .in their pockets.

4L. A car having aoor and walls, window openings in the walls, storm-sealing members dividing window openings into separated spaces, sash filling separated spaces of window openings movable alternatively to expose or close the spaces, pockets in the walls, opaque members filling spaces of window openings movable alternatively into and out of pockets to expose or close spaces,

and adjustable guards movable alternatively to shield exposed spaces ofwindow openings or to rest in pockets.

V5. A convertible car having a floor, Ywalls,

and roof, window openings in the walls having sills intermediate the Hoor and roof provided with storm sealable means on their upper and lower surfaces, members operatively movable to close or expose openings above the sills, members operatively movable to close or expose openings below the sills, guards operatively -movable to protect window openings.

6. A convertible car having a floor, walls, and a roof, window openings inthe walls, double storm-sealing sills in the window openings intermediate the roof and floor, members above the sills operatively movable to expose or close the openings, and members below the sills operatively movable to expose or close the openings, and guards operatively movable in and out of the openings.

7. A car having a floor, walls, and a roof, window openings in the walls, pockets in the walls, a plurality of members in the pockets movable'alternatively to permit 'a member to shield a portion of the window openings while another member rests in the pockets. e y v i 8. A car having a floor, walls, and a roof, window openings in the walls, a window sill dividing the window openings, members lling the upper divisions of the window openings .movable alternatively to expose the interior of the car or to close the upper divisions of the window openings, pockets in the walls, .a plurality of members in the pockets movable to alternatively fill thek lower divisions of the window openings, and window shields movable within and without the pockets.

9. A car having a floor, walls and a roof, an opening in the walls, a member dividing the opening into a plurality o-openings, members lilling an opening movable alternatively to expose the interior of the car or close the opening, a housing in the walls, a member filling an opening movable alternatively into lthe housing toeXpose the interior of the car or close the opening, and

guards movable alternatively to guard an ing and nterposng the Closing-unclosing means closing and unclosng the openings means, and guards shielding the openings copelatng with the dividing means to seal when the openings are unclosed. the openings when the openings are closed,

l2. A convertible ozu' having upper and and guards shielding the openings when the' 10 5 lower structure provided with openings openings are unclosed.

therebetween; means dividing the openings; CHARLES BREWSTER STEELE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

